And finally, Broadcom, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced a new dual-channel AVC/MPEG-4/VC- 1/MPEG-2 video decoder system-on-a-chip (SoC) designed in a 65 nanometer process. The new high-performance video decoder SoC is being demonstrated at this week's CableLabs Winter Conference, and provides leading-edge functionality and performance when compared to existing set-top box (STB) solutions currently available.

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Want to know what it was like "Saving the World On Thursday" meetings?

Check out Leo Laporte's TWIT Podcast. Except for being better funded and the Tech Natterers talking by webphone from different locations, it's us, 20 plus years ago.

And, like us, the TWITs don't have an AX to Grind.

They shoot from the Hip-Pointers (yeah, most of them are Old, like us).

We would Chat (face to face) about the current state of technology.

I was an Insider, working at the Shack, from the TRS-80 model 1 to the model 4. We met in Chuck's Living Room and took turns on his computer which started as the Commodore and then Atari and finally the IBM PC.

I remember typing in lines and lines of Data from current PC magazines and cursing when we got a number or two wrong.

This Blog is a tip of the Hat to the Past and a starting point to a recreation of those "Good Times" using the current technology. By using a computer with internet connection, we can meet again "On Thursdays", via Webphones and a Streaming Podcast.

About Me

I started in computing selling the TRS-80 many years ago in the early 80's and got hooked when I bought my own Coco (Color Computer). I've had a computer ever since.
I write short SF stories and Linux/OpenSource articles. I'm on Twitter as: http://twitter.com/ErnieMLopez/